Severe airway obstruction from a bronchial cast after cardiac transplantation

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 739-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Parent ◽  
Robert K. Darragh
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Cardiac Transplantation ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Plastic Bronchitis ◽  
Single Ventricle Physiology ◽  
Bronchial Cast ◽  
Severe Airway Obstruction

AbstractPlastic bronchitis is a rare and difficult to treat disease process in patients with congenital heart disease. Cardiac transplantation has been used increasingly to reverse this process, especially in single ventricle physiology. This case report demonstrates a foreseeable complication after cardiac transplantation in such a patient.

scholarly journals Plastic Bronchitis in an AIDS Patient with Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Sheila A. Habib ◽  
Robert C. Vasko ◽  
Jack Badawy ◽  
Gregory M. Anstead
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Kaposi Sarcoma ◽  
Tracheobronchial Tree ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Plastic Bronchitis ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Bronchial Casts

Plastic bronchitis is the expectoration of bronchial casts in the mold of the tracheobronchial tree. It is a rare occurrence of unknown etiology that has been primarily described in children with congenital heart disease. In this case report, we present the first reported case of plastic bronchitis in a patient with pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma and underlying HIV infection.

Impact of Single-Ventricle Physiology on Death After Heart Transplantation in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 1281-1288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Karamlou ◽  
Brian S. Diggs ◽  
Karl Welke ◽  
Fred Tibayan ◽  
Jill Gelow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Transplantation ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Single Ventricle Physiology

Surgical Correction of Scoliosis in Children With Severe Congenital Heart Disease and Palliated Single Ventricle Physiology

Spine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara L. Cohen ◽  
Robert Przybylski ◽  
Audrey C. Marshall ◽  
John B. Emans ◽  
Daniel J Hedequist
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Surgical Correction ◽  
Single Ventricle Physiology ◽  
Severe Congenital Heart Disease

scholarly journals Intrahepatic Dynamic Contrast‐Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography: Potential Imaging Signature for Protein‐Losing Enteropathy in Congenital Heart Disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethan A. Lemley ◽  
Dave M. Biko ◽  
Aaron G. Dewitt ◽  
Andrew C. Glatz ◽  
David J. Goldberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Duodenal Wall ◽  
Protein Losing Enteropathy ◽  
Single Ventricle Physiology ◽  
Lymphatic Flow ◽  
Dynamic Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Contrast Enhanced

Background Protein‐losing enteropathy (PLE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in congenital heart disease patients with single ventricle physiology. Intrahepatic dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance lymphangiography (IH‐DCMRL) is a novel diagnostic technique that may be useful in characterizing pathologic abdominal lymphatic flow in the congenital heart disease population and in diagnosing PLE. The objective of this study was to characterize differences in IH‐DCMRL findings in patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease with and without PLE. Methods and Results This was a single‐center retrospective study of IH‐DCMRL findings and clinical data in 41 consecutive patients, 20 with PLE and 21 without PLE, with single ventricle physiology referred for lymphatic evaluation. There were 3 distinct duodenal imaging patterns by IH‐DCMRL: (1) enhancement of the duodenal wall with leakage into the lumen, (2) enhancement of the duodenal wall without leakage into the lumen, and (3) no duodenal involvement. Patients with PLE were more likely to have duodenal involvement on IH‐DCMRL than patients without PLE ( P <0.001). Conclusions IH‐DCMRL findings of lymphatic enhancement of the duodenal wall and leakage of lymph into the duodenal lumen are associated with PLE. IH‐DCMRL is a useful new modality for characterizing pathologic abdominal lymphatic flow in PLE and might be useful as a risk‐assessment tool for PLE in at‐risk patients.

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